Folding box



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Patented Oct. 18, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CEA'MPE' S. ANDREWS,F GIELATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR T0 BOX BLANK CORPORATION, OF NEWYORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF DELAWARE rounme BOX Application filedAugust 27, 1929. Serial 170. 388,667.

tainers and, more particularly, to cartons made for blanks of paperboard and the like.

According to a preferred form of the invention, a carton may be made upof a multilateral body portion with "detachable covers. The bodypreferably has a suflicient number of side walls to approximate acircle. The side Walls may be glued together and then 1 folded flat sothat it can be shipped to the packer in flat condition. The covers maycomprise flat bottom walls having multi-lateral side walls correspondingto the sides oi the body and may fit thereover.

According to a further preferred construction, if desired the covers maybe used alone, one being made smaller than the other so that theytelescope together.

As a further preferred construction, a cover may be used alone and asingle or a plurality of bandsused to hold the articles in the cover. Ifdesired, instead of using a cover with the bands, the body may beusedwith the bands alone. In some cases the bands themselves may be usedto hold the articles, without cover or body.

Although the novel features which are believed to be characteristic ofthis invention will be particularly pointed out in the'claims appendedhereto, the invention itself, as to its objects and advantages, the modeof its operation and the manner of its organization may be betterunderstood by referring to the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, in which Fig. lisa perspective of one form of container;

Fig. 2 is a section onthe line 2-2 of Fig. 1

Fig. 3 is a perspective of one cover;

Fig. 4 is a perspective of the body of the container of Fig. glued;

Fig. 5 is a development of the blank for making the body of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a development of the blank for making the cover shown in Fig.3;

Fig. 7 is a perspective of a box comprising telescoping covers;

* Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7

1 folded flat after being,

Fig. 9 is a perspective of a single cover having a band around it;

Fig. 10 is a perspective of the band;

Fig. 11 is a perspective of a container having a short body and twobands around it; i

Fig. 12 is a section on the line 12-12 of Fig. 11; and

Fig. 13 is a perspective of the body shown in Fig. 11 folded fiat-afterbeing glued.

In the following description and in the claims parts will be identifiedby specific names for convenience, but they are intended to be asgeneric in their application to similar parts as the art will permit.

Like reference characters denote like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

Referring now to the drawings and, more particularly to Figs. 1 to 6,the container comprises a relatively tall body 1 having top and bottomcovers 4 telescoping thereover. The body 1 is made of a single blank ofpaper board suitably scored as indicated by the dot and dash lines. Asillustrated, the blank has eight side walls 2 and a flap 3. The body isassembled by gluing the flap 3 to the remote side wall 2. Each cover 4is made from a blank as illustrated in Fig. 6, the dot and dash linesrepresenting scores. The blank comprises a bottom wall 5 having eightside walls 7 secured thereto, the side walls having flaps 8 disposed asillustrated. To assemble the cover, side walls 7 are bent at rightangles to the bottom wall 5 and the flaps 8 are glued inside theadjoining side walls 7 as illustrated in Fig. 3. The covers 4 are madeof such a size that they fit snugly over the body 1 and thus hold thebody in assembled posit-ion. The body 1 may be glued at the box factoryand shipped to the packer in fiat condition as illustrated in Fig. 4.The covers 4 may be glued at the box factory and shipped to the packerassembled as illustrated in Fig. 3 or they may be shipped flat and gluedby the packer.

If desired, a container may be made utilizing merely a top and bottomcover, omitting the body entirely. This type of box is illustrated inFig. 7, the top cover being denoted by 10 and the bottom cover by 11.The

top cover is made larger than the bottom cover and telescopes thereover.If desired,

one of the side walls of the top cover may have a finger notch 12 tofacilitate opening of the box.

In some cases it may be desired to use a single cover such as shown inFig. 9. This figure discloses a single cover 15, holding a stack of pieplates 17 and having a band of paper board passed around opposite fiatsides of the cover. The band 16 may be made of paper board and issuitably scored and the ends glued together before being applied to thecover. In Fig. 11, a short body is used to hold the pie plates 23, beingassisted by a pair of bands 21 and 22 which may be of the sameconstruction as the band 16 in Fig. 10. These bands are slipped over thebody to the positions shown and, if desired, a drop of glue indicated by18 may be placed between them at the points where they cross to assistfriction in holding the bands onto the body.

It will be understood that if desired, a single band may be used in Fig.11 and two or more bands may be used in Fig. 9.

In some cases it may be desired to omit the body 20 shown in Fig. 11entirely and merel use the two bands 21 and 22 to hold the stac of pieplates 23.

The containers above described may be used for any of the purposes forwhich containers of this general type are usually employed. The boxshown in Fig. lends itself for'use as a candy box, although of course itmay be used for many other purposes. The containers illustrated in Figs.9 and 11 lend themselves particularly well to hold stacks of paper pieplates or other paper dishes but it is obvious that they may be usedalso to hold other articles.

The great advantage of a container having a large number of side wallsis that a box of large volume is provided with a comparatively smallamount of material. It is well known that a circular container has morevolume for the area ofthe side wall than a square or rectangularcontainer. By increasing the number of side walls, the advantages of acircular construction are closely approximated. At the same time, theadvantages of flat walls are maintained, as for instance the uniqueappearance and the adaptability, in the case of bodies 1' and 15, tobeing folded flat for shipment after they are glued. Furthermore, thecontainers above described are strong and are easily assembled.

In case circular articles are held in the octagonal boxes, such asillustrated in Figs. 9 and 11, the shape of the container assists in theremoval of the articles by providing places where the finger may beinserted between them and the corners of the box.

In addition, the multi-lateral shape of the 6 covers allows the coversto be made in one piece which is not usually possible in the case of'acircular cover.

While certain novel features of the invention have been shown anddescribed and are pointed out in the annexed claims, it will beunderstood that various omissions, substitutions and changes in theforms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may bemade by those skilled in theart without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

What is claimed is:

1. A polygonal shaped sectional container comprising a tubular body openat both ends, and a separable cover member for each of said ends, saidcover member having a plurality of side wall extensions, one of saidextensions having a tab portion at one end thereof and the adjacentextension having tab portions at both ends thereof, said body beingcollapsible so as to close into a flat position.

2. A polygonal shaped sectional container comprising a tubular body openat both ends, and a separable cover member for each of said ends, saidbody being collapsible so as to close into a flat position, said covermem ber being of a shape to conform with said body, said cover memberbeing composed of a single blank having extensions forming the sidewalls of said cover, one of said extensions having a tab portion, thenext adjacent extension having a pair of tab portions and the nextsucceeding extension being without tab portions, said tab portions beingarranged to be secured to an adjacent extension whereby said cover isretained in a set up condition.

3. A container of the class described comprising a member of polygonalshape composed of a blank having extensions forming the side walls ofsaid member, one of said extensions having a securing tab at one endthereof and the next adjacent extension having a pair of securing tabs,said tabs being adapted to be adhesively secured to an adjacentextension whereby said member is retained in a set up condition, andsaid member either alone or with a companion member or members providinga container for merchandise.

4. A olygonal shaped container comprising a tu ular body open at bothends, a cover member for each of said ends, said cover member being madefrom a single blank having a plurality of extensions forming the sidewalls of said member, one of said extensions having a tab at one endthereof and the next adjacent extensions having a tab at each endthereof, said tabs being adapted to be secured to an adjacent extensionto retain said member in set up condition.

5. An octa onal sha ed container comprising a tubular ody, an a covermember therefor, said cover member being formed from a blank having fourpairs of extensions forming the side walls of said member, one pair 130messes of said extensions having tab portions at each end thereof, twopairs of extensions having tab portions at one end thereof, and anotherpair of extensions being Without tab portions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHAMPE S. ANDREWS.

